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Grischuk overcomes Ivanchuk

Alexander Grischuk

Alexander Grischuk beat Vassily Ivanchuk in the Rapidplay tie-breaks. The Russian's nerves are perhaps better suited to limited time controls, an example being the way Ivanchuk cracked in their third rapid game, which cost him dear.

So the Russian pair will meet in the final and, in addition, are both qualified for the next Candidates series. As for the losing semi-finalists, Vassily Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomariov will have to play off for the third place available in the Candidates.

Here are the details of the percentages obtained in the 2011 Khanty Mansiysk World Cup, including today's games.

C

C

C

C

C

C

R

R

R

R

R

R

B

B

B

Total%

Seed

Name (age)

Country/

Elo

w+

w=

w-

b+

b=

b-

w+

w=

w-

b+

b=

b-

+

=

-

2

Vassily Ivanchuk (42)

UKR/2766

2

3

1

3

2

1

4

1

0

2

1

2

-

-

-

65.9

4

Ruslan Ponomariov (27)

UKR/2764

1

4

1

1

5

0

2

2

1

2

2

1

1

1

0

58.3

6

Alexander Grischuk (27)

RUS/2746

3

3

0

0

5

1

3

2

0

3

1

1

-

-

-

65.9

9

Peter Svidler (35)

RUS/2739

1

5

0

4

2

0

2

1

0

2

1

0

-

-

-

75

The four-game (classical) final begins on the 16th of September after a well-earned rest day tomorrow.